Moroccan police have seized on Monday at the Tangiers-Med port 241,319 ecstasy pills, the biggest ever bust of this illicit substance in the North-African country. The haul confiscated is part of sustained efforts made by the Moroccan security services to fight international criminal networks operating in psychotropic drug trafficking and dealers. Ecstasy pills can sometimes kill drug takers but more commonly induce nausea, panic, paranoia and agitation. Morocco has ratified various United Nations conventions on narcotics and psychotropic substances (1961, 1971, and 1988) and the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2000). The North African country fully co-operates with its partners in drug trafficking, maintains a close relationship with the International Narcotic Control Board (INCB) and includes the international community and donors in its anti-drugs efforts.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 03, 2018 16:07 UTC